Ephesians 5:2

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Summary

And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

As

A sacrifice

Romans 8:3

Hebrews 9:23

Hebrews 10:12

For a

2 Corinthians 2:15

General references

Bible References

As

Husbands, have love for your wives, even as Christ had love for the church, and gave himself for it;

And to have knowledge of the love of Christ which is outside all knowledge, so that you may be made complete as God himself is complete.

Even as the Son of man did not come to have servants, but to be a servant, and to give his life for the salvation of men.

This is the law I give you: Have love one for another, even as I have love for you.

For it is the love of Christ which is moving us; because we are of the opinion that if one was put to death for all, then all have undergone death;

For you see the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, how though he had wealth, he became poor on your account, so that through his need you might have wealth.

Who gave himself for our sins, so that he might make us free from this present evil world, after the purpose of our God and Father:

I have been put to death on the cross with Christ; still I am living; no longer I, but Christ is living in me; and that life which I now am living in the flesh I am living by faith, the faith of the Son of God, who in love for me, gave himself up for me.

Who gave himself as an offering for all; witness of which was to be given at the right time;

Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.

So that he is fully able to be the saviour of all who come to God through him, because he is ever living to make prayer to God for them.

How much more will the blood of Christ, who, being without sin, made an offering of himself to God through the Holy Spirit, make your hearts clean from dead works to be servants of the living God?

By that pleasure we have been made holy, by the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once and for ever.

This is God's purpose for you: because Jesus himself underwent punishment for you, giving you an example, so that you might go in his footsteps:

In this we see what love is, because he gave his life for us; and it is right for us to give our lives for the brothers.

And from Jesus Christ, the true witness, the first to come back from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who had love for us and has made us clean from our sins by his blood;

And their voices are sounding in a new song, saying, It is right for you to take the book and to make it open: for you were put to death and have made an offering to God of your blood for men of every tribe, and language, and people, and nation,

A sacrifice

For what the law was not able to do because it was feeble through the flesh, God, sending his Son in the image of the evil flesh, and as an offering for sin, gave his decision against sin in the flesh:

For this cause it was necessary to make the copies of the things in heaven clean with these offerings; but the things themselves are made clean with better offerings than these.

But when Jesus had made one offering for sins for ever, he took his place at the right hand of God;

For a

And when the sweet smell came up to the Lord, he said in his heart, I will not again put a curse on the earth because of man, for the thoughts of man's heart are evil from his earliest days; never again will I send destruction on all living things as I have done.

But its inside parts and its legs are to be washed with water, and it will all be burned on the altar by the priest for a burned offering, an offering made by fire, for a sweet smell to the Lord.

That it may be burned by the priest on the altar; it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet smell: all the fat is the Lord's.

Your feasts are disgusting to me, I will have nothing to do with them; I will take no delight in your holy meetings.

For we are a sweet perfume of Christ to God in those who are getting salvation and in those who are going to destruction;

General references

And he put to death the burned offering; and Aaron's sons gave him the blood and he put some of it on and round the altar;

And the priest is to have the burned offering and the meal offering burned on the altar; and the priest will take away his sin and he will be clean.

One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering;

And keep in mind that you yourself were a servant in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God made you free: so I give you this order today.

Keep in mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt: for this is why I give you orders to do this.

Be full of pity, even as your Father is full of pity.

This is the law I give you: Have love one for another, even as I have love for you.

Let this mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus,

Go on loving your brothers in the faith.

My loved ones, if God had such love for us, it is right for us to have love for one another.